Photograph
Wisconsin Soldiers and Captured Japanese Machine Gun
| Eight soldiers from Wisconsin pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were stationed at the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Their names (kneeling, left to right) are Private First Class Eugene Kobza of Milwaukee, Sergeant LaVerne Ader of Almond and Corporal John Malecki of Berlin; (standing, left to right) are Sergeant Delbert DeForest of Fort Atkinson, Corporal Eugene Weinand of Jackson, Sergeant Charles Allhands of Madison, Private Leonard Bieganowski of Milwaukee and Sergeant Ward K Wentworth of Whitewater. |
| Image ID: | 100139 |
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| Creation Date: | 01 17 1944 |
| Creator Name: | Doyle, Robert |
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| Collection Name: | Robert Doyle papers, 1935-1974, 1995 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M99-114, box 8, roll 23, neg 2304 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.375 x 2.375 inches |
| Robert Doyle was a civilian war correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal during World War II, covering the experiences of Wisconsin troops in the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division, an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard. The "Red Arrow" Division consisted mainly of soldiers from Wisconsin and Michigan. |
| Armed Forces |
| Battlefields |
| Firearms |
| Military camps |
| Military uniforms |
| Soldiers |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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